Reports inspections of national, state, and local quarantine stations : From Annual report Marine Hospital Service, 1896.

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1897
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Credit: Reports inspections of national, state, and local quarantine stations : From Annual report Marine Hospital Service, 1896. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    furnace over the surface of the bottom pan to supply oxygen, exhausting the air of the hold and replacing it with SO„. This pipo is provided with a cock tor obtaining samples of the air and a valve for regulating its supply to the furnace. An 8-inch galvanized-iron discharge pipe taps the furnace at the top, which leads into the reservoir within G inches of the bottom. From this reservoir tko gas is forced to the bottom of the hold to the dunnage by a Sturtevant fan through an 8-inch galvanized-iron pipe, which taps the reservoir near the bottom, and by means of an internal elbow leading up to within 0 inches of the top a complete break of the current is made, thus effectually preventing any burning particles of sulphur from being carried into the ship’s hold. A return current is now estab- lished in the second pipe from the hold to the furnace and the foul air of the ship s hold is drawn into the furnace and consumed. The furnace is kept in operation until the hold is purified, or until a short time after the return current shows the presence of sulphur fumes. If a vessel arrives with cargo and requires disinfection, chutes are made through the cargo down to the bottom of the ship's hold to admit the fumigating pipes. It is claimed that the strength of the gas generated with this furnace is about 18 per cent. A “ gas tester”1 is provided by which the strength of the SO„ is determined. The sick are removed by boat to the hospital. There being no detention house, suspects are detained on board. Mail and telegraph to New Orleans and Port Eads. 2. Give personnel of the station or port; name of the quarantine officer or officers; post-office address; total number of officers and subordinates, etc. Dr. C. P. Wilkinson, resident physician; Dr. Joe S. Jones, assistant resident physician; post-office, Mississippi River Quarantine Station. Total number offi- cers and subordinates, 32. The regular force at the hospital consists of 2 nurses, 1 male and 1 female; The assistant resident physician pays two visits to the patients in hospital daily. Inspection station (Port Eads), Dr. J. N. Thomas, inspector. The house provided for the inspector is in fair condition. Total num- ber officers and employees, 3. Quarantine attendants are authorized according to the demands of the service, and no officer or attendant is employed unless immune to yellow fever. 3. Transmit copies of the laws under which the local quarantine is maintained, and copies of the quarantine regulations; and describe the quarantine customs of the port as they are carried out. Inclosures: Governor’s proclamation and special instructions of board of health, marked A. (See report on Rigolets Quarantine Station.) All vessels arriving at the inspection station, Port Eads, are boarded and thoroughly examined by the experienced inspector. Those from nonsuspected ports with clean bills of health, having had no sickness on board during voyage or upon arrival, if found to be in good sanitary condition, are allowed to proceed to the city without detention. Those from infected or suspected ports with no sickness on board are remanded to the main station, 20 miles above, and after disinfection detained three full days. If no sickness occurs in the meantime, she is allowed pratique. Any vessel arriv- ing with quarantinable disease on board is taken to the lazaretto, where the sick are removed to hospital under the direction of the quarantine physician, who gives necessary orders for their care. The vessel is then moved to the main station, G miles above, the bilge cleansed, all ballast discharged, except close-grained hard rock, which, if retained on board, is disinfected with the solution of bichloride of mercury and SO„, and all baggage of passengers, and crew clothing, bedding, upholstery, dunnage, and all the movable textile fabrics on board are removed and hung on racks and disinfected in the steam cylinders with temperature of 210° F. dry heat, increased to 230° F. moist heat, maintained one-half hour, with pressure of about 7 pounds to the square inch on the cylinder. The cabins, living 1 The “ gas tester ” was devised by Dr. Joseph Albrecht of New Orleans.
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